Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 25 points for Mbeumo and 28 for Palmer, so Palmer is the pick.

What does this comparison account for?

Price, ownership, form, expected goals and assists per 90, minutes reliability, and the difficulty of each player's next five fixtures.

Mbeumo vs Palmer

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Palmer by 4 projected points.

Mbeumo

MAN UTD · MID · £8.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

IPS (H)EVE (A)MCI (H)FUL (A)TOT (H)

Palmer

CHELSEA · MID · £9.6

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

BHA (H)ARS (A)HUL (H)BRE (A)BOU (H)

Stat by stat

£8.0Price£9.6

13Total points20

6.5Form10.0

6.5Points / game10.0

33.1%Owned17.5%

180Minutes172

1Goals2

1Assists1

2.13xG0.94

0.44xA0.37

8.7ICT16.1

3.0Avg FDR (5)3.0

25Projected pts28

The verdict

Palmer comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (28 vs 25), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.0) and a stronger underlying profile.

Buy — Mbeumo is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

Buy — Palmer is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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